APNew Zealand's determined Nick WillisYeah, it was Super Bowl weekend, but there was a lot happening in track & field too.

Locally-speaking, Galen Rupp and Will Leer had bravura moments at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games in the 5,000 and mile respectively.

Both mounted strong, mid-race challenges. Rupp eventually would finish fourth while helping push Bernard Lagat to the U.S. indoor record in a time of 13:11.50. But Rupp's time of 13:14.21 was nearly four seconds faster than his personal best of 13:18.12, which had been the U.S. record. Nick Willis overtook Leer, but Leer's second-placed time of 3:55.66 qualified him for the world indoor championships.